Transformer disruption causes Secaucus power outage

Google MapsMap view of the area of Secaucus affected by a power outage.

SECAUCUS — A power outage due to a transformer disruption at an undisclosed location has left a section of Secaucus without power.

A Secaucus police department spokesman said the outage is affecting residents in the western section of the town, along Clarendon Street, and the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management has been notified. The spokesman said he was optimistic power would be restored by 9 p.m. A representative from Public Service Electric and Gas — the main power supplier for Secaucus — could not immediately be reached.

A spokesperson for New Jersey Transit said that service has not been affected by the outage.